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Match 4 · draw

Monday, 17 January 2011

ResultMatch 4

Single source
  1. 4
  2. 7
  3. 12
  4. 23

Jackpot$40,000

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules4/24 · since Jan 2010draw 382 of 6,123 under them

← 2011-01-16All recent draws2011-01-18 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:56 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed4 7 12 2329 Aug 2026, 09:35 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 17 January 2011 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

60oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 60 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 64% of every possible ticket.

  • sum38th
  • odd50th
  • low83th
  • widest gap76th
  • neighbours28th
  • spread78th
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Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 64 of each

460times
756times
1265times
2366times

Every number was expected about that many times after 381 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

Prize breakdown · 2011-01-17

  • Lines in play≈ 15kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$45.2Kto 1.7k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 44 winnerschance said 1.4

Where the money went

  • Match 489%$40.0K
  • Match 34.5%$2.0K
  • Match 26.9%$3.1K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10kPrize each
  1. Match 44≈ 1.4 by chance$10,000
  2. Match 3

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Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 4 numbers (4, 12, 23) with the draw of 30 October 2010 — its closest relative in 381 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 95% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (16 January 2011): 7 carried over. Chance says 54% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

46

The numbers add up to 46 — the 37th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 50. No two numbers side by side. 44% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

12 had not appeared for 16 draws. A number waits about 6 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 1.7× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 0% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
101≈ 110 by chance
$20.00
  • Match 21,565≈ 1.6k by chance$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈15k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 1,565 winners, 0% more than the 1.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 44$10,000
    Match 3101$20.00
    Match 21,565$2.00
    Totals1,670—